“Transparency
is entering our lives in unusual ways and much like having individual veils
lifted from a multi-veiled garment; we are now seeing the world ...”
For the purposes of this blog challenge; an x-ray
is basically a transparency; a picture is taken, and you are able to see
through the skin, getting a clearer picture of what is there. This is what we fear the most as people in
general, the idea that others would see us for who we really are. We wear masks to hide our identity, feelings,
desires and all too often our true aspirations for this world. It is the fear of rejection that keeps us hidden
within ourselves, what if they don’t agree or laugh, we are people who thrive
on acceptance, without it, we are knocked down.
This idea prompted a piece written by a
friend several years ago and it the most accurate in describing what we may
feel daily.
You go by me day after day, you have activities near
me, you even sit by me (though not too near, as if afraid of being
misunderstood), but you don’t know me.
You form your opinions without real information. You take the mask and try to declare the
person, no, less than that, if you even understood the mask, you might glimpse
the person. How much time would it
take? How much effort? I’m tired of hiding and I disrespect myself
for sitting quietly, watching this happen to myself and to others. We cross-space, glimpse a mask, or an
opinion, and hurry along our way. I am
guilty, as are you.
What if, suddenly, we see one another for who we
are? The mask drops for an instant,
followed by an embarrassed silence, a mumbled apology for being human. Quickly we alter the subject or hurry away,
frightened of what might befall us and perhaps frightened that it never
will. How many are there? Am I one or many? What will it take to change? Maybe it will take only one. ****
Do you fear transparency? Being truly open with people? Is today to make a change and become the
person you truly want to be? What better
time than now…….
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